Send daily AI news digest to Slack with OpenAI and PostgreSQL
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 13 nodes and runs on a schedule (every day at 08:00). Along the way it connects OpenAI, Postgres and Slack. It also calls newsapi.org over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every day at 08:00).
- Fetch Latest News Articles (HTTP Request): calls newsapi.org
- Process Individual Articles (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Filter AI Related News (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Analyze News with AI (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
- Parse AI Analysis Response (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Check Existing Articles (Postgres): run a query
- Validate Duplicate Articles (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Store News Insights (Postgres): uses Postgres
- Prepare Daily Digest Payload (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
…plus 2 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: newsapi.org
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (8)
- HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - Postgres
n8n-nodes-base.postgres - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack
From the author
Quick overview This workflow runs daily to fetch AI-related articles from NewsAPI, analyzes each one with OpenAI, stores unique insights in PostgreSQL, then generates an executive-style daily digest and posts it to a Slack channel. How it works 1. Runs every…